Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.9, 900-901, 2001
An efficient and mild procedure for the preparation of benzoic acids via oxidation of aromatic carbonyl compounds by employing N-bromoimides and mercuric acetate system
Aromatic carbonyl compounds are efficiently converted into the corresponding benzoic acids under mild reaction conditions by employing N-bromoimide and mercuric acetate in good to excellent yields. This procedure works efficiently at room temperature for aromatic aldehydes as well as aromatic ketones to give the corresponding benzoic acids.